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    main characters in the novel. When Nick says this he is saying that every person fits into one of these categories. The pursued are the people everyone is after. Daisy is a key example of this. The pursuing are the ones always chasing something‚ like Jay Gatsby‚ Tom Buchanan‚ and possibly even Nick. The busy are constantly doing something like Jordan Baker. And finally‚ the tired are the ones exhausted from being involved in several circumstances‚ like Nick Carraway. As mentioned earlier‚ the pursued

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    otherwise disadvantaged‚ but who achieved great economic success‚ a man who has risen from poverty or obscurity thanks to their own talents or energies and hard work rather than to any inherited fortune‚ high social position‚ family connections or other privilege. Jay Gatsby is the striking example of such a person. James Gatz — that was his real name. His parents were shiftless and unsuccessful farm people — his imagination had never really accepted them as his parents at all. Apparently‚ even before he had the

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    of the 1920s‚ but a two very different senses of wealth. First‚ in The Great Gatsby‚ Jay was very in love with Daisy- so much so that he waited five years for to see her not knowing if she would still love him or not. The book shows how amazed he was

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    pursuit of love can feel like an endless journey‚ never ceasing until you’ve found the one. The Great Gatsby is a story told from the perspective of Nick Carraway‚ an up-and-coming bond salesman living in a small cottage in West Egg next to the affluent Jay Gatsby. Across the bay in East Egg is Nick’s distant cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband Tom. “anyone lived in a pretty how town” can be interpreted as a poem about two lovers‚ named anyone and no one. They lived together happily and when it’s their

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    Jay Gatsby is a man who’s life is the classic American dream story. Growing up in a less than ideal family to becoming one of the richest most well known man in New York. Throwing massive parties that everyone shows up to‚ owning lots of new cars in his

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    There are many novels that provide the certain theme of the aspect of American values Such as the Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald uses a variety of characters that express the message of failure but Gatsby is one of the characters that focuses on the truth value of knowledge‚ claims about the past and the meaning it obtains. Gatsby uses his attempts to accomplish those dreams and expresses his reasons of why Failure is the most communicating theme throw-out the novel. The author Fitzgerald uses Gatsby

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    class that will never close (Richards). In the novel we may see a clear connection between geographical location and social values‚ East Egg‚ West Egg and the Valley of Ashes demonstrate to that. These differences are evident in such characters as Jay Gatsby (West Egg)‚ Tom and Daisy Buchanan (East Egg)‚ George and Myrtle Wilson (the Valley of Ashes). Though they are separated only by a small expanse of water‚ the

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    demonstrates that real joy does not come from material objects and the deception that wealth will bring people happiness in his novel‚ The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway‚ the narrator‚ tells about three characters that are not what they seem. A wealthy man‚ Jay Gatsby‚ spends his whole life trying to find happiness in money and material things. Daisy and Tom are fake and too careless to know what true reality is. In the novel‚ things may not be what they appear as shown by the illusion Gatsby lives‚ Daisy’s

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    analysis F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great American Novel‚ The Great Gatsby which has recently been adapted into a movie from Baz Lurrhman and I will discuss the immorality in the character Daisy Buchanan when she hit Myrtle Wilson her husbands mistress with Jay Gatsby’s car kill her instantly and knowingly drove off without stopping. Then allowing Gatsby to take the blame for it and the subsequently an unexpected punishment. The character Daisy is loosely based of Fitzgerald’s wife Zelda Fitzgerald. Daisy

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    Sakti Aditama English 201 August‚ 4 2014 Sister Lesuma Jay Gatsby and His American Dream The Great Gatsby novel is one of the famous books in the US. This book also have been made into the movie and became one of the greatest movies in 2013. But‚ this response paper will talk about the critical lens in the new historicism view from this novel. According to Merriam Webster online dictionary‚ new historicism is a method of literary criticism that emphasizes the historicity of a text by relating it

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